Third Grade Kindergarten Technology / 21st Century Learning Curriculum Page

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National Technology Standards

1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes.

• a. apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products or processes.
• b. create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
• c. use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
• d. identify trends and forecast possibilities.

2. Comunication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:

• a. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital envrironments and media.
• b. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
• c. develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.
• d. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

3. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:

• a. plan strategies to guide inquiry
• b. locate, organize, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
• c. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
• d. process data and report results.

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:

• a. identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
• b. plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
• c. collect and analyze data to identify solutions and/or make informed decisions.
• d. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions.

5. Digital Citizenship
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice and legal and ethical behavior. Students:

• a. advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.
• b. exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning and productivity.
• c. demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.
• d. exhibit leadership for digital citizenship.

6. Technology Operations and Concepts
Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students:

• a. understand and use technology systems.
• b. select and use applications effectively and productively.
• c. troubleshoot systems and applications.
• d. transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.

State Technology Standards

CyberSmart Curriculum

CyberSmart! fosters 21st century skills to increase student engagement and prepare students to achieve in today's digital society. The lessons which cover two grade levels are posted below as PDF's. Depending on the content, the individual CyberSmart lessons should be presented to students by the classroom teacher, the library media specialist, the technology teacher, the guidance counselor or a combination of all of them.
For more detailed information and additional instructional information go to: http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/lessonsbygrade/2-3/

S(Safety and Security)

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M(Manners, Bullying and Ethics)

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A (Authentic Learning and Creativiey)

R (Research and Information Fluency)

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T (21st Century Challenges)

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21st Century Curriculum Outline

The technology curriculum will be organized around the basic and advanced technology skills / ideas / information students will be required to master for each grade level. It will be divided into the following strands: 1) Terminology/Vocabulary; 2) Skills (ie point and click, copy, paste, etc), and; 3) Applications and 4) Web 2.0 Tools.

Third Grade Curriculum topics:

Vocabulary:
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desktop
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format

Skills:

1. PDT2S (Please Don't Touch the Screen)
2. Student login practice
3. Open an app / close an application
4. 3 ways to quit
5. Window management – move to dock / close a window vs quit app
6. Keyboard Shortcuts
7. Folder Management: save to student folder - create a new folder
8. Apple Menu: log out / shut down
9. Student folder management
10. Menu Bar items for apps
11. Open Word – name a file / save a fileto desktop and student folder
12. Student Folder vs Shared Folder
13. Kid pix – save a document / export a jpeg
14. Lab Etiquette

• Only use the computer and mouse assigned to you
• Stay in your chair
• Raise your hand for help

Third Grade Level Applications (get complete grade level matrix):

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• Excel
• Digital Camera / iPhoto
• Powerpoint
• Word
• Timeliner

Third Grade Web 2.0 21st Century Learning Project Ideas:

Web 2.0 Tools (Web 2.0 tools focus on teaching/using 21st Century Skills)

(Choose a project idea below or find other ideas and information at the "21st Century Learning Tools" page link on the left or the larger student wiki directory of Web 2.0 tools).

Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
	Monster Swap http://www97.intel.com/en/ProjectDesign/UnitPlanIndex/MonsterSwap/	Book Report / Digital Story Project - using VoiceThread (learn more at Wiki link). See example below using 'Poetry and Art' Also do Book Reports using PowerPoint, or create a slide show in iPhoto. Can use Kid Pix to create illustrations.	Wik-Tionary Project of Technology Terms
	Science Slueth Whodunit? Solve a mystery using Fingerprints and other science tools. Also for 6-8.	Multiplication Webquest - "Code Building" - http://w4.nkcsd.k12.mo.us/~lzuber/wq/code/index.html	Digital Story project: Have students write a "choose your own adventure" see example below using Voicethread (click on Wiki Voicethreadlink to learn more:
	Book Report Idea with Photobooth - students practice and record a one-minute review - can be put in iMovie. Create a third-grade book review list.	Time-liner Project of science experiment, famous person, sequence of a book, third grade...	Choose your own Adventure story:
	Create a "calculator" or "multiplication fact" chart in Excel	Poetry and Art Voicethread project:	Or a Biblical Theme using MixBook (click on the Wiki Digital Scrapbook link) to find out more)